She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her European identity card. The marriage was arranged so the 23-year-old Pakistani groom could gain the right to live and work in Europe.

Diebold Schilling the Elder, Von den Swartzen Getauften Heiden die Miteinandern Gen Bernn Kament, 1485 By 1650, when Everdingen breathed life into his cheerful picture, gypsy women had already been ...